* Zakari 
The Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN,  has frozen all bank accounts operated by the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, following the Commission’s failure to comply with Federal Government’s directive that all Ministries, Agencies and Departments, MDAs must operate Treasury Single Account, TSA.

 Sources close to  the Commission revealed that INEC had failed to comply with the government’s directives on the TSA, expecting that as the nation’s electoral umpire it  should qualify  for exemption from the new directive.

 It was further gathered that the decision of the governments to freeze all accounts operated by INEC has thrown the body in a serious dilemma because even the staff salary for September is yet to be paid just as many contractors whose outstanding fees were yet to be paid on a daily basis throng the commission for their payments.

 However our source further revealed that the leadership of INEC on Tuesday met with representatives of the Federal Government and CBN, with a view to resolving the issue which he added has thrown everybody almost off balance.

 The source said, “It has not been easy at the commission because all activities here are almost grounded following the decision of the federal government to block all our accounts. They said that INEC has refused to comply with the directive on Treasury Single Account. As we talk now, we have not been able to pay workers salaries for September because we cannot have any access to the commission’s accounts"